"Dagon" is a 1917 short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. One of
the first stories he wrote as an adult, it centres around the
recollection of a tortured, morphine-addicted narrator who was captured
by a German ship during World War I. After escaping his captors, he
drifted for many miles before winding up stranded in a hellish place
littered with rotting carcasses and home to an ancient horror. A
chilling tale by a master story-teller, "Dagon" is not to be missed by
lovers of supernatural fiction and collectors of Lovecraft's seminal
work. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of
supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown
and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today
considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural
horror fiction of the twentieth century. Other notable works by this
author include: "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Rats in the Walls", and "The
Shadow over Innsmouth". Read & Co. is publishing this classic short
story now as part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint in a new
edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.